Nanophysics Applications for Energy Efficiency
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "A: Sustainable Energy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (29 August 2021) | Viewed by 273
Special Issue Editor
Interests: nanophysics; nanotechnology; plasma and laser catalysis; molecular physics; renewable gases; hydrogen production and storage; sustainable energy; greenhouse gas conversion; energy efficiency; thermodynamics; electrocatalysis
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Among the current applications of nanotechnology, those that concern the sustainability of our global environment assume a particular prominence, and from them, those related with the paradigm shift in the methods of production and use of energy are vital for our continuity as humans on Earth.
Nanophysics, the core of nanoengineering, is decisively contributing with applications to improve the efficiency of energy generation or to develop new methods of using energy. Some of these interesting ways that are being explored to produce more efficient and cost-effective energy include nanostructures for generating electricity from heat, windmill blades, hydrogen generation and storage, friction reduction, electrochemical devices, reducing the power loss in electric transmission media, greenhouse gas conversion, plasma catalysis, nanocatalysts for radiation-to-steam conversion, energy harvesting, plasmonic cavities, the sequestration of harmful molecules, and green synthetic fuels, among others; they are unique opportunities for innovative devices developed by new synthetic routes to come into play, presenting novel properties.
This Special Issue will cover relevant advances in these subjects or, eventually, in other applied nanophysics areas also devoted to mitigating climate changes; in addition, those applications converging on at least two of the keywords in the list will be preferentially selected.
Dr. Rui Filipe dos Reis Marmont Lobo
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- nanostructures
- nanocatalysts
- nanoparticles
- hydrogen
- spectroscopy
- carbon
- electrolyzers
- scanning probe
- plasma
- friction
